Trip Report Soon Come: Intros, Disclaimers and Warnings

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Trip Report Soon Come: Intros, Disclaimers and Warnings

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The Cast of Characters:

Flip-Flop - that's me, 30 something mom of two, wife of one, completely OCD about STJ. But I need no introduction!

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Mr. Flip-Flop - my tolerant and easy going hubby who had so graciously (in a moment of beaten-down weakness after my 100th request and upon my finding FREE frequent flier tickets for this week online) given in to my obsession and agreed to this trip. Our 5th since 2001, and our 2nd in less than 1 year. I like the pace at which we are accelerating.

Yes, we are every bit as goofy as we look!

Mini Flip-Flop - STJ veteran making her 3rd trip to St. John. Her first being at 3 years old. My beach buddy in crime. This is her losing her mind at 5:45 am at the airport. She's a great kid, but you can't fight the goofy in this family. You have to accept it and roll with it!

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Baby Flop - Maybe we should call him Belly Flop and you'll see why when you get to the belly shot (not the drunken binge party kind ... see the picture for the visual). The Baby boy was making his 2nd trip in less than 2 years of life. What a spoiled little child! He has no cause for that frown! (Ok, other than possibly the fact that this picture will SURELY be used against him in the future and that his rash guard was a wee bit too snug! We invested in a larger rash guard for him later in the week).

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DISCLAIMER: I apologize in advance to anyone who is offended by the long windedness of my trip report or the gratuitous family shots or my imperfect use of the English language or the lack of comma usage. A large part of my professional life does involve writing and communication, but this is not a professional report and is not intended to be judged as such. It has not been proofread or vetted. It's my trip report and I'll be as long winded as I want. There is this MAGIC internet trick, its called DO NOT CLICK. If you are uninterested, why are you still reading?

For those of you that are interested, enjoy & thanks for all of your support of this hopelessly addicted STJ fan. I very much hope you get a laugh out of our fairly uneventful week!

SUMMARY:

The Destination: Coral Bay (for the first time - having stayed in Fish Bay or was it Reef once, Chocolate Hole twice, and Maria Bluff once). LOVED IT!

House: Sea Biscuit, through Windspree. $2335/week including all fees, taxes, waivers.

Car: Jeep Liberty, Conrad Sutton, 6500 miles. Great condition. $464/week including all taxes/fees

Flight: Delta miles via a code share with Continental. IAD - ERW - STT $15/pop

Baby Wares/Babysitting/Shipping: Christy's of St. John

Tomorrow: (or maybe tonight if I can get all the pictures done) Coral Bay or Bust, Settling in at Sea Biscuit, and Dinner at Island Blues!
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Post by Pia »

Yippee :)

Can't wait, do it now, don't wait, hurry up :) :) :)

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omg I still picture that boy as an infant! where has the time gone?
And what Pia said!
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Oh Lord! Brace yourselves.. this is gonna be good ;-)

Hugs FF from the girl who got you hooked in the first place!
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Post by msgcolleen »

Loved the disclaimer!!! That says it all!

Love your family pics too and can't wait for the full,long windedness of your trip report and gratuitous family shots with perfectly imperfect use of the English language!Bring it on Flip!

from one OCD-STJ lover to another . . . Colleen :wink:
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Post by KatieH »

Flip-Flop -I've been waiting for this :D There is no Trip Reprot too verbose for moi ! Bring it on avec les enfants! They are way -too- cute.
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Post by Amy »

Can't wait to hear all the details! I'm gonna wait and do my TR after you do yours so we don't overlap, and besides I'm STILL editing photos (we took over 600--yikes!).
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Adorable family. Can't wait to hear all about the trip.
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<<DISCLAIMER>>

Poor grammar and bad language offend me.

19,564 words is the benchmark. Go for it.
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pipanale wrote:<<DISCLAIMER>>

Poor grammar and bad language offend me.

19,564 words is the benchmark. Go for it.
I might hit that with just the first day :)
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Post by CariBert »

Bring it on Ms. Flip Flop! We've been waiting long enough!! Great start...let's go!

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mbw1024 wrote:omg I still picture that boy as an infant! where has the time gone?
And what Pia said!
Tell me about it! He still fits in his Coral Bay t-shirt though :)
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Post by PA Girl »

in a moment of beaten-down weakness after my 100th request - HA! I have started a Summer 09 beat down and have support in the form of a friend of Hub's who wants to see the island.

LOVE the belly shot! My little guy is getting into the stretching out phase and I miss the belly.
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LET'S GO ALREADY!!!! I AM WAITING!!!!

TRACY
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